As some may be aware I have developed a bit of a headphone habit. This has entailed my acquiring a number a different cans in recent years. Along the way I thought I should add a couple of closed back pro headphones.They sound perfectly fine especially if put to there intended use, recording, mixing etc. I have since added some headphones that fit my use better so I am offering these two headphones up for free to anyone who would like them.They are superfluous to my requirements but hopefully someone may get some usage out of them. I would appreciate having my delivery costs covered. Thanks.
Both pairs are as new and will be sent in the original packaging along with any accessories that came along with them when I purchased. They are…
Rode NTH-100
Impedance 32 ohms. Sensitivity 110db.
Single ended 3.5 mm with an included quarter inch adaptor.
Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro.
Impedance 80 ohms. Sensitivity 106.58db.
Single ended 3,5 mm with an included quarter inch adaptor.
Let me know if you want one or both pairs in the usual manner and we can take it from there.
P.S. If the mods think this should be on the noticeboard please move it. Diolch.
I’m certainly interested! I’ll send a PM as soon as I can remember how.
Nope – couldn’t remember so I’ve sent a message on Facebook/Messenger
Sorry Gatz. You’ve been beaten to the PM punch. Both pairs have now found new gaffs. Maybe if I ever tire of my stonkingly expensive maggies…not at all blooming likely.
No worries – thanks for the generous offer anyway.
Sorry brother. ✌
Message sent on behalf of Offspring The Younger, who is getting back into the drums (and leaving me in fear for my speakers).
And that is all done and dusted. Is there some sort of award for the thread with the shortest lifespan?
It’s called The Leedsboy Award.
Do I get cake or a medal or is it a studs showing knee high tackle which if my memory isn’t on the blink is the usual way Leeds personages display their admiration?
You get a Curd Tart on the third day of traction in the fracture clinic. So, technically, both.
Did you mean Turd Cart? Show results for Turd Cart.
You’ve never been to Betty’s have you?
Ahem:
And the single comment was by me 🤷🏻♂️
Do you want a hug?
Yes please, Peter!
No tongues though mind. I’m a nice boy despite appearances to the contrary.
Deal!
@pencilsqueezer
Shouldn’t this be on the Greatest Lyric thread?
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Two sentences – doesn’t that disqualify it?
Is “No tongues though mind.” a complete sentence?
As a linguist (BA Hons, 2:1), I’d say it was – a colloquial utterance in the imperative mood, but a sentence nonetheless.
This is a fantastically generous offer, Pence! I don’t want the headphones but I would like some decent desktop speakers of studio playback quality.
These are brilliant.
JBL 1 Series 104 Compact Desktop Speakers, Powered Reference Monitors – Bluetooth enabled (sold as pair) https://amzn.eu/d/hWPoQpl
I hear good things about Genelec 8010A active studio monitors. I have zero first hand experience of them unfortunately. The price seems to fluctuate with them going from around £250 up to £499 on any given day.
Yes the Genelecs are good, I had a smaller pair for years. Not sure they are ideal for domestic listening though, they are really studio monitors. Domestic speakers tend to be voiced to be flattered to music in a domestic environment where studio ones should sound flat in a treated room. My studio monitors sound great but I wouldn’t want them in the lounge. Too big apart from anything else.
Those JBLs are great on the desktop, again, probably not great in a room at distance.
“Good evening. I said Good EEEEEEEvening…
There’ll be a short intermission while I get some…monitors”
Planty leaves the stage to buy some JBLs for his desktop…
Thanks! Any of these would be fine. PM me for address.
I have taken possession of the Rode NTH-100 – thanks due to Mr Squeezer – and they are really rather good.
Bass is noticebly pronounced compared to my (much more expensive) Audeze reference, but they are a lot easier to drive, and a bit of extra wallop probably suits the weedy headphone amps found in phones and laptops.
If you’re looking for closed-back cans, they should be near the top of your list.
Offspring The Younger clamped them onto his bonce last night, sat at the drum kit, and I had to drag him off after an hour to come in for his tea.
Champion. Delighted they have found a good home. 👍
It turns out my partner in musical crime agrees:
https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/rode-nth-100
I tried them on my quest to find a pair of closed backs to add to my head-fi collection. They are surprisingly listenable for pro headphones which as you know Steve are tuned for a more specific use than audiophile cans. In the end it was the earcups I struggled with due to my having monstrously huge ears. This is why I have an unshakeable love for Hifiman’s egg shaped drivers and consequent cup design. My ears actually fit inside them without touching the sides. It helps that Hifiman’s tuning of their cans is preferable to my particular likes in terms of sound.
As for closed backs I picked up a second hand pair of Focal Eligias for a more than reasonable price, lots of low end punch and slam which is perfect for when I want to indulge in a bit of Basic Channel dub techno and edm. I may pick up a pair of Dan Clark Aeon 2 Noire if I see them going for a reasonable price just so I can add a pair of closed back maggies. My first love however will always be for open backs. I dig big stages.
May I enquire as to which Audeze cans you use Steve? I find them a bit on the physically heavy side. How do you find that aspect?
I bought a pair of LCD-XC, which were 50 quid more than the open-backed LCD-X when I bought them. They’re now 50% more! The difference between the two was minimal, as the Audeze blurb says.
I find them perfectly comfortable, I too like big cups which don’t touch my ears, and that don’t hold my head in a vice-like grip. I have worn them all day on recording sessions without bother.
They’re a difficult load and require a lot of grunt from the headphone amplifier.
I had a private bet with myself that you’d reply with the LCD-X as Audeze market them as pro cans. I was almost right. I’ve only tried the original LCD-2 and found them to be a bit dark for my taste and noticeably weighty. I think they have just brought out a replacement for the LCD-X the MM-500 they look to be more in line with the design of the LCD-5.
I’ve had them for 6 or 7 years. I didn’t want to spend that much on cans, as I prefer listening on speakers, but I started with Oppos and went up the range until I found something I liked. Everything else sounded like they were trying to sound impressive (e.g. prominent bass) but the LCD-X sound natural. I got closed-backs so as not to annoy Mrs F when she was watching telly.
I once wore them as monitoring cans in a recording session with a band* recorded in a church in the round around a Soundfield** microphone (the only mic I’ve ever used without a sonic character). The combination of ‘natural’ mic and cans meant I honestly could not tell live from recorded sound. At one point I told the band to stop playing over the talkback, only to realise I’d been listening to a playback on my cans.
(*) Helen and the Neighbourhood Dogs, featuring one of our own.
(**) a device which makes the LCD-X, or a family hatchback car, seem cheap
My preference is still to listen to my speakers but living in a first floor flat means I need to maintain a good relationship with my downstairs neighbour. She is very good and has yet to complain and I want to keep it that way so I only use my speaker rig for a couple of hours a day and always in the afternoon. Any other times of the day its headphones. It’s been something new to learn about and I enjoy them. It keeps me entertained when I’m not splashing around in paint or giving myself paper cuts.